postr/StutterOctober 8, 2019

Does anyone feel this way?

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Does anyone feel this way? I always feel as though I’m not doing the best at describing my thoughts. The words that I use in particular always feel, after the fact, like I could’ve used better ones. I could’ve framed or presented my ideas better so that the listener could better understand me and my perspective. Maybe it’s just my stuttering insecurity bleeding into other aspects of my speech resulting in a very hypercritical attitude towards that. Sometimes I substitute words with other words that lack that certain something all because I don’t want to stutter. And then I feel a little shame after I do. Maybe it’s that shame of not being able to say what I want to say, how I want to say it, that keeps fucking with me. Or maybe it’s something totally different.

Themes

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability

Subthemes

Avoidance & SubstitutionOverthinking & MonitoringShame & EmbarrassmentAuthenticity vs. Masking